pics from Kell

Hi! This is Tess. Mom and I were able to instant message with Elder Walker tonight. It was a lot of fun. He sent these pictures and we just wanted to share.

The pigs are Kell's next door neighbors. :)

view from the roof of Kell's house.

Tracting

an area they walk by to go tracting

Hey mom. yes i got the box and loved it... im on like day five now or so... but im not at my house on my island im on the mainland now. cuz we have zone conference so ill have to open the rest of my presents on saturday. umm elder kimball is on the very most south side of the naga misson i dont know what its called... and no ill have pants made here mom. dont send clothes or shoes cuz i can get them here for about 8 bucks for some sweet stuff so dont buy stuff like that ok... but thanks so much for offering. also thanks for the box of stuff it brought tears to my eyes i loved loved loved it! i kinda wish i could be home for christmas but after this one only one more! haha.... anyways ask dad about the families we found i wrote him a letter about them. so so so humble, one of them is cooking for us this weekend, coconuts rice and shells i think, crazy they are cooking for us and arnt even members we barly met them the other night... they live in the mountains kinda.... but the other family, the deletorre family , oh my favorite. just because they are my first family and they are so stinking cute. they have a adorable little girl and they are only like mid 20s or so so soso humble i love them...... im so happy dads likein church. that makes my day, especially cuz the dads on my island are all inactive but 2 and all the dads in general all drink or have problems. Because there isnt much to do on the island. they have to drink, but anyways about calling on christmas, im thinking about using the internet like a webcam so you guys can see me. there is something called skipe or skype on the internet, elder hardy is telling me about that is cheap or free. so look into that and let me know ok? it probably wont be christmas day but sometime/ Or do you have along distance plan ? if you do i can just give you the number of a member and have you call her. but we have to arrange a time and im not sure how to do that. ill ask elder hardy and let you know next monday. i hope your not to worried about me mom you sound worried, im OK everything is fine and going smooth. im on the Lords errand and he wont let anything happen to me. I keep having dreams of being home and huntin with dad. i pray everyday that nothing will happen to any of you cuz i cant wait to be back with my family again. But dont worry mom im fine. Another feeling i had was to tell you to get to work on the 2 year supply and food storage. it was weird just a feeling . but i think it would be a smart idea. so if you have an opporunity to get a little here and there Do It ok? ..... Um dont worry about putting to much money in my account. like 10 every once in a while is good mom. OK? thanks ! i hope the pic. your putting up is the cool one by the way!. anyways mom thanks for the package and i look forward to the next one.. ill try and send pics tommorrow cuz we have nothing else to do so maybe.... anyways. ok mom i love you tell the girls i said hi. thanks so much for the package it was amazing! Mahal Kita - elder walker

First Letter from Cantanduanes

Hey dad! that story is awesome, i wish i could of been there so bad. I miss hunting. I arrived in naga on thursday morning we had breakfast at the Miss. Pres. house. it was really good. Then we had interviews and got our assignments. My new area is The island of Cantanduanes. Its about 2 hours off mainland Philipines, by boat. Its more expensive out here but beautiful. I dont know when i can send pictures, hopefully next monday. You guys are probably sleeping right now. and its only sunday for you i think. But yea its beautiful, but so so so poor. No one lives in a nice home. I mean NO ONE most most homes are bamboo with palm leaf roofs. We are lucky we live on the second floor of a concrete house. But most people live horribly. Its very very saddening. at the same time it makes me miss home. i cant speak the lanuage as well as i would have hoped for , but i am startin to pick up on being able to understand natives. The MTC does not prepare you for this i can say that much. They speak really fast, and slur alot of words together. My new companion is Elder Hardy from Sandy Utah. he is a genius he got a 35 on the ACT, so yea i think the language came pretty easy for him. Im just havin trouble knowing what to study and stuff... but ill get it. um we eat rice every day , and stuff on top called an Ulam, which just means a topping of rice. Like sardines or dried fish or pork or adobo, stuff like that..... Anyways. yesterday at church they asked me to bear my testimony and tell a little about myself. it was easy though . cuz there is only 8 people in our branch ha. we meet in this meetin house real small hard to describe. but when we go work we walk or take a Tricy or Jeepny, to where we are goin then walk back. ITs crazy how many people they fit on a Honda trail 70 motorcycle. 7 at least if they are going far, because they have to make the trip worth their while yea its crazy. ill take a pic and send it. But last night we went to a place about 5 KM away and taught a few people, one Guy committed to go to church it was cool. ITs sad here though, there isnt anythin for people to do so the Dads are always drink thats pretty much all they can do so they never want to go to church. but everyone for the most part is nice... While you walk down the streets people yell out HEy Joe , or Hey man or stuff like that. they are just bein kinda rude cuz we are american and they think we ahve more than them.... Oh yea me and Elder Hardy are the only two americans on my island! so everyone stares at us like we are 8 foot tall monsters or somthin. haha.... But anyways family. How is everyone doin. It feels wierd bein here i wont lie. i miss home and america. its hard. but it will be worth it. Tell tess congrats again i wish i could have been there. tell des to keep goin to church and thinkin about the temple. i miss you guys and cant wait to hear from you. write me alot ok! oh and if you can send like a thousand boxes of macoroni and cheese they dont have it here.and send like snacks like you did when i was in the mtc to i NEED SOME haha... but if it costs to much dont do it i can manage. but anyways im sitin in an internet cafe cost me 40 pesos for an hour so like 90 cents. haha thats another thing, i get 6700 pesos a month to live off of. so like 134 bucks a month haha... but it apparently works out.... but there arent any shops to buy clothes on Cantanduanes so i have to wait until next transfer. for pants and stuff... but oh well. i did my laundry today by hand haha you would be proud mom. oh ya i take bucket showers , WOW its cold but kind of refreshing. It gets dark here at like 530 so pretty much i have to wander around the jungle in the dark till 9 good thing my comp knows his way around..... Oh yea the day i met my Mission president he said he was puttin me on the island cuz he could feel my leadership skills and knows i am going to be a great leader, i dont understand how people see this stuff ive always been in my eyes and ordinary person. but i guess if people think this stuff its because i was raised right and had amazin parents, and a dad who knew how to treat and teach a son. , ive realized over the past 2 months how much i have learned from you dad and how much you have taught me, ive learned everythin i have ever needed to know from you. its makes me so happy to know how wonderful my family is. and i cant wait to get back and share my stories with them. .... anyways family i need to go.. i love you all and miss you... i think i only et like 45 minutes to talk on christmas and i dont konw how im gonna make the plans for that but ill let you know.... Magandang hapon and kita kits mamaya

11/27/08

Des,
Thanks for the card and the money. It was much needed. How is your family? Same ol same ol here. Let me tell you about an experience i had,I was a proxy for a sealing in the temple, meaning I knelt at the alter for a dead child and was sealed to his parents for him or a lot of kids. This was AMAZING! It was so cool knowing that these families would be together forever because of the ordinances in the temple. I couldn't help but smile the entire time because I can't wait to be sealed to my wife for Eternity!! I'm so thankful that my Heavenly Father has a plan for me and part of that plan is Happiness. He wants nothing more than than our happiness! I'm so grateful I'm sealed to you and Tess and Mom and Dad for Eternity. I love you guys and can't think of a better family to spend forever with. Anyway Des just think of your Heavenly Fathers plan for you. Invite your missionaries over for dinner and let them give you a short lesson on the plan of salvation. I promise it will make you happy. You will learn things you never knew before. I know I learn something new about it everyday! But anyways I love you! This one is for Ganon

Gan-
Thanks for the book buddy!! I loved it, it was cool! Have you done anything crazy lately? What have you been up to, what do you do at school? You're good at writing and drawing! I love you buddy!

Kita Kits- Uncle Kell

Tyson and Kellin

I was organizing my pictures and I ran across these of Tyson and Kellin when they were, I dunno like 10! They were so stinkin cute! I don't remember Kellin much at this age but I think it is because he basically lived with the Petersons. Tyson and Kellin have been the best of friends for as long as I can remember, and if you ask Coni she would tell you some great stories about how retarded these two were together! I have a great picture of my mom and Coni at the boys graduation, but I didn't think it would be nice to post it they both have red eyes :( They thought graduation was hard...now both of their babies are on the other side of the world! What great guys these two grew up to be!!!

Letter 11/19/08

Hey Jace and Des, Kamusta!
How is everything going? Good I hope. Its P-day and I just got done chatting with mom. (emailing back and forth) Anyway sorry I haven't written more. But ya I took more pics I'll send them to Amanda-but ya the New Zeland miss. Ngaluafej is funny he played semi pro rugby before he came, cool huh. When does Jace go to Philly- he better still write me!
So Lance went to court huh? I hope it helps him get things together, I love him. How are all my friends doing like Willie, Evan, Tell, Brady? None of them write so I don't know how they are.
But ya tell mom I fly with my district so no worries. I get my flight plans this week, crazy huh. Pretty soon my letters will take a month to get to you cuz I will be half way around the world!

No all of the missionaries here go to different missions, there are like 10 going to mine. But no they all pretty much go around the world!

District leader is tough, Its like dealing with High School drama all over again. It's not bad though I love my district- I have to teach them Sunday school every week that stinks but I love getting scriptures from you guys- keep it up! Mom said Ganon wrote me a story I can't wait! K I gotta go

Mahal Ko Kayo!!
Elder Walker

PS I just read this and my handwriting is horrible, sorry! :(

All the Elders in his district

His companion, Elder Kimball is to the left of Kellin in both pictures

Erharts 1st letter

Kamusta!
Hey Erharts, Just wanted to write and say whats up. Thanks for the letters before I came in, really inspiring! Thanks for the letter when you got home too. Anyway not much going on here, ask mom and dad what I write them so I don't have to write everything 17 times k.
The language is rough but I'm getting it I guess. One of the Elders in my district is neighbors with Joseph Wirthlin and he said that Elder Wirthlin told him to learn the language and the Gospel will come later. So I'm stickin to that ha ha. Anyways how are Ganon and Adi? I was surprised when I got here the first day they expected us to memorize 25 words and 5 phrases in Tagalog. By the time we leave we have to know 500 phrases and 2500 words!! AHH! Anyways I have more letters to write- much love- Elder Walker

Taking Kellin to the MTC Oct 1 2008

Kellin was called to the Naga Philippines mission and our Family took Kellin to the MTC in Utah October 1, 2008. Conference was that weekend but we weren't able to stay that long! We did get to go walk around the Salt Lake Temple,take a tour of the Conference Center and watch a movie at the visitor center. My mom did alot better at goodbye than any of us expected! It was very emotional and a very long drive home, but we know he is where he should be and we are all very proud of him!